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Blogging can be fun, fulfilling, and also profitable.  With each year more and more people on the web have been developing their own personal blogs.  These blogs can be used to share your thoughts on business, politics, family, church, and so much more!  Many people do not recognize the importance of starting your blog now so I thought I would explain the importance of this.  When you have a blog or a website you purchase a domain name (example: MangoOrange.com). The problem is, with each year, these domain names continue to be bought up and it is harder and harder to find a good available name.  Everyone in the world should be able to own the rights to their name (example: JohnHancock.com) but even these are being bought out.  If you wait too long you will also lose your name!

So today I will take you step-by-step through the process needed to start your own blog AND own your domain name for under $50 a year.  We have partnered with AlreadyHosting.com to make signing up for a personal blog easier than it has ever been.

Step-By-Step Instructions:

1. The first step is to purchase your web hosting account and domain name, this will be the only expense that you will encounter during this whole process.  We suggest that you sign up with Hostmonster or Bluehost.

2. After signing up with one of these two web hosting providers you will need to log into your account and install WordPress for free.  AlreadyHosting.com will install wordpress for free if you follow the steps on their WordPress Installation page.

3. After installation WordPress you are ready to start blogging, its that easy!  If you want you can customize your blog with different themes; however, this is not required.  If you need help using WordPress you can check out this great article explaining how to blog.

Starting a personal blog has never been easier or cheaper!  I hope this guide will help you setup your first blog.

written by mangoorange \\ tags: personal blog

After much research we are now prepared to announce our list of the 2009 Best Blog Hosting Services.  All three of our finalist web hosting providers offer exceptional blog hosting at extremely low rates.  If you are looking to start a blog OR even save money by swiching to a new web host I suggest one of these three hosts:

#1 Best Blog Hosting Provider: HOSTMONSTER, INC
We awarded Hostmonster the best blog hosting service award due to their continued dedication to developing SimpleScripts.  This free application that comes with the purchase of web hosting allows you to automatically install your favorite blog software (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, or even B2Evolution) directly on the server with a simple click of the button.  This FREE software makes installing your blog a very simple process.  Hostmonster is also a very reliable host and offers hosting for only $3.95 a month if you click on our exclusive promo link.

#2 Blog Hosting Provider: BLUEHOST, INC
Bluehost is very similar to Hostmonster in the fact that they utilize the simple scripts application to make blog installation a breeze!  Bluehost offers unlimited bandwidth, unlimited disk space, a FREE domain name for life, and easy blog installation for only $3.95 a month with our exclusive promo link.

#3 Blog Hosting Service: HOSTGATOR, INC
In third place we chose HostGator.  HostGator is one of the web's largest web hosting providrs and they have millions of customers (many of which are blogs).  HostGator offers honest and reliable blog hosting services for only $4.95 a month!

written by mangoorange \\ tags: Best Blog Hosting Services